Federal judge slaps down Jeff Sessions attempt to block Justice consent decree for Baltimore police
A federal judge ignored Sessions' bid to delay the implementation of the Obama-era agreement for police reform
Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions requested a review of all 114 reform agreements the Justice Department had secured with cities across the country during the Obama administration. On Friday, a federal judge ignored Sessions’ bid to delay the implementation of the Obama-era agreement with the Baltimore Police Department and approved the consent decree struck by the Department of Justice.
U.S. District Judge James Bredar denied a U.S. attorney’s request to postpone the signing of the consent decree, which was only agreed to this January, The Justice Department wanted to reassess the deal under the leadership of Sessions. Instead, Bredar rendered the police reform hashed out under the leadership of former attorney general Loretta Lynch an official order of the court.
“The case is no longer in a phase where any party is unilaterally entitled to reconsider the terms of the settlement; the parties are bound to each other by their prior agreement,” Bredar wrote in his order. “The time for negotiating the agreement is over. The only question now is whether the Court needs more time to consider the proposed decree. It does not.”
The order is effective immediately, Bredar wrote.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/07/federal-judge-slaps-down-jeff-sessions-attempt-to-block-department-of-justice-consent-decree-for-baltimore-police/
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Thank you U.S. District Judge James Bredar. 
to say, Fuck you Sessions! 
